FAIRVIEW VILLAGE — Kelsey Watson scored a team-high 19 points, including the game-winning basket in the closing seconds, as Methacton edged Council Rock South 48-46 Saturday in the championship game of the Methacton Tip-Off Tournament.

Watson, a 5-10 senior bound for Kutztown University, also grabbed 10 rebounds as the Warriors improved to 2-0.

Council Rock South (1-1) — which advanced to the PIAA-Class AAAA quarterfinals a year ago, tied it at 46-46 on Courtney Brown’s jumper from the top of the key with 15 seconds left, and Methacton called time with nine seconds remaining to set up the final sequence.

Point guard Kara Steinke took the inbounds pass and got it to Watson, who let fly from the middle of the lane and got the roll with two seconds left.

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Jenna Carroll had 12 points and 11 boards for the Warriors, and was named to the all-tourney team along with Watson.

Alexis Hofstaedter scored a game-high 21 points for Council Rock South, which also got 19 points from Brown.

Notre Dame Academy 58, Spring-Ford 56: Bucknell-bound Megan McGurk erupted for 33 points, including the 1,000th of her career, to help the Irish rally past the Rams in the Blue Chip Classic at Archbishop Carroll.

Defending Pioneer Athletic Conference champ Spring-Ford (0-1), which got 13 points from Sarah Payonk, led 47-40 after three quarters. But Kait Fitzpatrick (17 points) hit three 3-pointers and McGurk had six points in the final period to ignite the comeback. McGurk finished 14-for-19 from the foul line.

Boyertown 32, Muhlenberg 27: Kaitlyn Eisenhard moved closer to four-digit scoring fame while leading the Bears to victory over the host Muhls in the Muhlenberg Tournament’s Championship game.

With her game-high 17 points — accumulated in large part by 11-for-18 accuracy from the foul line — Eisenhard moved to seven points shy of the 1,000-point mark for her scholastic career. That helped Boyertown (2-0) break out of a 15-15 halftime tie, the Bears outscoring their hosts in the second half by a 17-12 margin.

Rebecca Painter (12 points) and Nikki Testa (10) also hit double figures for OJR (1-1), which tied it at 46-46 on Kerry Huzzards’s foul shot at the end of regulation and tied it again at 52-52 on DeAngelo’s 3 at the end of the first OT.

Behind Guiton, PV (1-1) got nine points from Kelly O’Brien and eights from Lauren Leonard and Katie Armstrong. They were key to the Vikes opening a 13-4 first-quarter lead that went to 23-8 by halftime.

Upper Perkiomen 50, Quakertown 36: Upper Perkiomen found its groove in the Upper Merion Tournament consolation game,routed Quakertown. The Tribe wasted no time, storming out too a 27-10 lead in the opening half and cruising on for the win.

Stacey Auckland led the Indians (1-1) with a double-double, pumping in 17 points and grabbing 11 rebound. Rachel Keeney also came away with a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds Kim Kashmar also scored 11 points, including three treys.

Council Rock North 45, Phoenixville 24: The Phantoms dropped the consolation game of the George Rocco Tip-Off Classic to the Indians Saturday afternoon.

Aubree Flagg scored eight points and had six rebounds, one steal and one blocked shot while playing the point guard position. Jada Boyce had six points, seven boards, one block and one steal.

The Phantoms fell behind 11-3 after one quarter and they trailed 19-11 at halftime before being outscored by the Indians 25-2 in the third period. Phoenixville shot 4-for-14 at the free throw line but matched Council Rock North with 40 rebounds.